September 12, 2021 Hack of Texas GOP website on 9/11 ‘made my day,’ ex-Biden-Obama adviser says The website of the Texas Republican Party was hacked Saturday by a group that claimed to be protesting the state’s newly enacted abortion law, according to reports.
August 21, 2021 Beware of this massive multimillion-dollar scheme to steal your cellphone and social media account A recent Department of Justice (DOJ) case highlights a scheme that hijacks social media and mobile phone accounts and nets criminals millions of dollars.
August 8, 2021 China has enough stolen US data to create ‘dossiers’ on every American, Senate panel is told The Chinese government in Beijing has amassed enough stolen data from the United States to effectively create "dossiers" on every American citizen, a U.S. Senate panel was told last week.
August 2, 2021 Iranian state actor ‘Marcy’ used Facebook to spy on US military personnel A new report from cybersecurity company Proofpoint identified the actor as part of state-sponsored espionage against defense “industrial base” contractors doing work related to the Middle East.
July 31, 2021 Justice Department says hackers struck 27 US attorneys’ offices around US In a statement issued Friday, the U.S. Justice Department updated details about cyberattacks that struck the offices of federal prosecutors around the country in December 2020.
July 28, 2021 Ted Cruz's question about China sanctions silences Biden intel official during testimony Sen. Ted. Cruz was met with silence during a congressional hearing when he grilled a panel of cybersecurity officials on why China was not sanctioned after the attack on Microsoft and other U.S. companies.
July 28, 2021 Thwart top phone hackers with one simple step As a member of the secretive Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King has reason to worry about hackers. At a briefing by security staff this year, he said he got some advice on how to help keep his cellphone secure.
July 26, 2021 Book Excerpt: Russian cyber weapons are waging war on US networks and American minds The Russians believe that the surest way of winning the conflict is to dupe the adversary into abandoning his plans to fight or to defeat him by outfoxing him without a fight.
July 25, 2021 Newt Gingrich: China, Russia cyberattacks – Biden's weak response endangers US. Here's how During Monday’s press conference, President Biden revealed how weakly he is responding to the real threat of cyberwarfare – and how he fundamentally misunderstands what we are up against.
July 24, 2021 Tokyo Olympics could be threatened by cyberattack, FBI warns The Olympics are ripe for cyberattacks by nation-state actors, the FBI said in a notification to cybersecurity professionals, adding that these actors could hack or ransom sensitive stolen data.